Tanzhaus

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noun

A late Middle Ages Jewish European dancehall

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Meanings

noun
  1. historicalA late Middle Ages Jewish European dancehall

    Especially in the Rhineland, hundreds of men and women danced to utter exhaustion. Lasting until the beginning of the fifteenth century, this epidemic carried over into the Jewish ghettos, where a Tanzhaus was found.

    2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 205

Origin

  1. GermanTanzhaus
  2. EnglishTanzhaus

Borrowed from German Tanzhaus (literally “dance house”).

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APA

Tanzhaus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tanzhaus

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